Willie Mendelson
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Willie Mendelson is from San Francisco, California, United States. Willie works in the following industries: "Automotive". Willie is currently Sr. Engineering Program Manager, Residential Energy Products at Tesla, located in San Francisco, California, United States. In Willie's previous role as a PRODUCT OWNER, DURABLES at Drinkworks, Willie worked in until Apr 2021. Prior to joining Drinkworks, Willie was a OPERATIONS MANAGER, CONTRACT MANUFACTURING at Drinkworks and held the position of OPERATIONS MANAGER, CONTRACT MANUFACTURING at Bedford, MA. Prior to that, Willie was a MANUFACTURING ENGINEER at Drinkworks from Jan 2017 to Jan 2018. Willie started working as DESIGN ENGINEERING (FOUNDING MEMBER) at Drinkworks in Jan 2017. From Jan 2015 to Jan 2017, Willie was DESIGN ENGINEER II at Keurig Green Mountain, Inc., based in Burlington, Massachusetts. Prior to that, Willie was a FOUNDER | DESIGN ENGINEER at Arctyc Innovations, based in Ithaca, NY from Jan 2014 to Jan 2015. Willie started working as MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CO-OP at Heller Industries in Florham Park, NJ in Jan 2013.
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• Use hardware engineering best practice strategies and processes to manage end-to-end programs, define scope, perform technical risk mitigation, and drive corrective actions. • Develop yearly roadmaps for multiple products transitioning from R&D into development and scaled mass production.
• Relocated to Hong Kong in 2019 to lead a cross-functional team and ensure successful mass production ramp across manufacturing, quality, engineering, procurement, and logistics. • Led key initiatives across all phases of the Drinkworks Homebar product life cycle, bringing the product from R&D to a nationwide product launch.
• Led all new product introduction (NPI) builds at the contract manufacturer (CM) in Asia and oversaw seamless transition from engineering to manufacturing. • Designed semi-automated manufacturing line and process flow for a conveyor belt system with assembly/testing equipment to increase throughout by 2x and reduce labor requirements by 10%.
• Designed, developed, and scaled cooling system of Drinkworks Homebar from prototype R&D through production. Exceeded cost, size, and noise targets by 50% and produced more than 100k appliances. • Led team of 3 engineers to integrate all sub-systems into looks-like, works-like prototypes. Iterated 5 prototypes in 10 weeks and presented technical learnings to CEO and Board of Directors.
• Technical lead and architect for heat transfer system of 2nd generation Keurig KOLD. Reduced size, noise, and cost by 50% while increasing cooling capacity by 2x. • Optimized cost investments by identifying features where we could reduce costs without impacting the user experience.
• Developed a rapid beverage cooling device capable of cooling wine bottles to a precise temperature in 3 minutes or less without the need for ice. • Accepted into Cornell University’s eLab startup incubator with venture funding.